Switzen Apartments, courtesy of Jessica:
We live in Switzen Apartments. It's about a 5-10 minute drive to base (about 45 minutes to walk, yes, I know this for a fact!), 5-10 minutes from Happy Quilt, backs up to some fantastic walking/biking trails and lots of great shopping (4&9 Market is very close!) within walking distance. There are 8 buildings in our complex each building has 15 floors (we live on the 5th) and about 60 apartments in each building. It's beautifully landscaped with two tennis/badmitten/korean volleyball courts, a gym, a daycare center, two parks (and more parks within walking distance and lots of parking both above and underground. It is gate controlled (most of the time) with pretty good security. Our apartment (according to Drew's very rough guestimate) is about 900 square feet, 3 bedroom (with a potential 4th), 2 bath. Two rooms have AC units and most of the plugs are 110V, and yes, we do have a dishwasher! Each of the apartments in our complex (and it's my understanding this is the way it is with all off base apartments) are individually owned; they are purchased in "blank canvas" form, so you can walk into may apartment and then into my neighbors apartment and it could (and most likely will) look totally different (flooring, appliances, doors, lighting, etc.).
And, click here for info and photos for Life Apartments, courtesy of Cammy.
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Warning: We enjoyed our three and a half years off base and would recommend it, but be careful. When we went to check out of our house our landlady demanded 650,000 won to replace water damage done by a leaky roof that we notified them of and they never fixed. Base housing office was not helpful and even though they agreed that the damage was not our fault ended up siding with the land lady because they had lost the official inspection form from when we moved in. We are very sad that our last taste of Korea ended in us paying 300,000 won for damage not our fault and being screamed and called names by our Korean landlady. We know she tried to force previous tenants to pay extra money for normal wear and tear issues as well. Shame on her and the base housing office for not doing there job. We are not trying to be vengeful, but to warn people so they don't end with the same unfair treatment. Stay away from "Dream Villa Apartments" and do not rent from Ms. Shin "Marconi". She is married to an American and knows military out processing requirements and will hold your lease termination ransom until she gets what she wants. She does not follow the rules of other Korean Landlords.
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